On Aug 2, 9:16*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. *You are allowed to submit up
to 2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission.
* I was blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th
place, one 3rd place and a 2nd Place.

2nd place

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

I touched this up some after the comments made in rec.boats. *I do
appreciate your help.

4th Place *I almost didn't submit this one, I thought there would be a
ton of similar photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

A photo, I really liked, but it did not ribbon. *The pro thought it
would be a much better photo if the girl was interacting with the
penguin. *I thought her shy look made the photo.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

An ordinary flower and bee photo that my wife said I should submit. * No
ribbon.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

My wife's two ribbon photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!

On Aug 2, 10:12*am, wrote:
On Aug 2, 9:16*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."





wrote:
My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. *You are allowed to submit up
to 2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission.
* I was blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th
place, one 3rd place and a 2nd Place.

2nd place

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

I touched this up some after the comments made in rec.boats. *I do
appreciate your help.

4th Place *I almost didn't submit this one, I thought there would be a
ton of similar photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

A photo, I really liked, but it did not ribbon. *The pro thought it
would be a much better photo if the girl was interacting with the
penguin. *I thought her shy look made the photo.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

An ordinary flower and bee photo that my wife said I should submit. * No
ribbon.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur....

My wife's two ribbon photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur.......

Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!- Hide quoted text -

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Ditto, love the shot of the Robin..

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On Aug 2, 9:16 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
My wife and I took home 4 ribbons last night's photo competition.

There were about about 75 B&W, 100 color print and digital photos
submitted for the 3 different categories. You are allowed to submit up
to 2 photos for B&W and Color and one photo for the Digital Submission.
I was blown away that we took home one Honorable Mention, one 4th
place, one 3rd place and a 2nd Place.

2nd place

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

I touched this up some after the comments made in rec.boats. I do
appreciate your help.

4th Place I almost didn't submit this one, I thought there would be a
ton of similar photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

A photo, I really liked, but it did not ribbon. The pro thought it
would be a much better photo if the girl was interacting with the
penguin. I thought her shy look made the photo.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

An ordinary flower and bee photo that my wife said I should submit. No
ribbon.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

My wife's two ribbon photos.

http://s339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ction=view&cur...

Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!

She shot this with a 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.7 Converter. This was a hand
held shot and even with the telephoto with converter, it was fairly
sharp. That is the beauty of the VR feature. The fast lens does a
great job on the DOF and really makes a nice bokeh.

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:


Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!

She shot this with a 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.7 Converter. This was a hand
held shot and even with the telephoto with converter, it was fairly
sharp. That is the beauty of the VR feature. The fast lens does a
great job on the DOF and really makes a nice bokeh.

My wife and I see the world so completely different. When I took the
horse photos, I was amazed at the strength and beauty of the animals.
She is actually scared of horses, but what she saw was the sadness of
them being in their stalls.

Here is her photo submission of her horse photo. The photographer of
each photo is not revealed till after the competition, so no one knows
who took the photos. This was her digital submission, and when they
flashed the image on the screen, it touched a number of woman behind us.
Based upon those women's reaction, I thought this would have gotten a
ribbon.

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ots/InJail.jpg

It is amazing how different my wife's photos are. She is much more
creative than I am, and when we come back from taking photos, it is
amazing how different our photos look.

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote
in message . ..
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:


Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!

She shot this with a 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.7 Converter. This was a hand
held shot and even with the telephoto with converter, it was fairly
sharp. That is the beauty of the VR feature. The fast lens does a
great job on the DOF and really makes a nice bokeh.

My wife and I see the world so completely different. When I took the
horse photos, I was amazed at the strength and beauty of the animals. She
is actually scared of horses, but what she saw was the sadness of them
being in their stalls.

Here is her photo submission of her horse photo. The photographer of each
photo is not revealed till after the competition, so no one knows who took
the photos. This was her digital submission, and when they flashed the
image on the screen, it touched a number of woman behind us. Based upon
those women's reaction, I thought this would have gotten a ribbon.

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ots/InJail.jpg

It is amazing how different my wife's photos are. She is much more
creative than I am, and when we come back from taking photos, it is
amazing how different our photos look.







Harry's keen eye picked up on your pedestrian work. Maybe he'll give you
some tips some time so that you can take fine snapshots like he does.

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 11:41:46 -0400, "Jim" wrote:


"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote
in message . ..
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:


Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!

She shot this with a 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.7 Converter. This was a hand
held shot and even with the telephoto with converter, it was fairly
sharp. That is the beauty of the VR feature. The fast lens does a
great job on the DOF and really makes a nice bokeh.

My wife and I see the world so completely different. When I took the
horse photos, I was amazed at the strength and beauty of the animals. She
is actually scared of horses, but what she saw was the sadness of them
being in their stalls.

Here is her photo submission of her horse photo. The photographer of each
photo is not revealed till after the competition, so no one knows who took
the photos. This was her digital submission, and when they flashed the
image on the screen, it touched a number of woman behind us. Based upon
those women's reaction, I thought this would have gotten a ribbon.

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ots/InJail.jpg

It is amazing how different my wife's photos are. She is much more
creative than I am, and when we come back from taking photos, it is
amazing how different our photos look.







Harry's keen eye picked up on your pedestrian work. Maybe he'll give you
some tips some time so that you can take fine snapshots like he does.

Harry likes bird photos. Remember his owls?

John H. wrote:
On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 11:41:46 -0400, "Jim" wrote:

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote
in message . ..
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:

Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!
She shot this with a 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.7 Converter. This was a hand
held shot and even with the telephoto with converter, it was fairly
sharp. That is the beauty of the VR feature. The fast lens does a
great job on the DOF and really makes a nice bokeh.
My wife and I see the world so completely different. When I took the
horse photos, I was amazed at the strength and beauty of the animals. She
is actually scared of horses, but what she saw was the sadness of them
being in their stalls.

Here is her photo submission of her horse photo. The photographer of each
photo is not revealed till after the competition, so no one knows who took
the photos. This was her digital submission, and when they flashed the
image on the screen, it touched a number of woman behind us. Based upon
those women's reaction, I thought this would have gotten a ribbon.

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ots/InJail.jpg

It is amazing how different my wife's photos are. She is much more
creative than I am, and when we come back from taking photos, it is
amazing how different our photos look.







Harry's keen eye picked up on your pedestrian work. Maybe he'll give you
some tips some time so that you can take fine snapshots like he does.

Harry likes bird photos. Remember his owls?

It looked like it was done professionally.

John H. wrote:
On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 11:41:46 -0400, "Jim" wrote:

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote
in message . ..
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:

Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!
She shot this with a 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.7 Converter. This was a hand
held shot and even with the telephoto with converter, it was fairly
sharp. That is the beauty of the VR feature. The fast lens does a
great job on the DOF and really makes a nice bokeh.
My wife and I see the world so completely different. When I took the
horse photos, I was amazed at the strength and beauty of the animals. She
is actually scared of horses, but what she saw was the sadness of them
being in their stalls.

Here is her photo submission of her horse photo. The photographer of each
photo is not revealed till after the competition, so no one knows who took
the photos. This was her digital submission, and when they flashed the
image on the screen, it touched a number of woman behind us. Based upon
those women's reaction, I thought this would have gotten a ribbon.

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ots/InJail.jpg

It is amazing how different my wife's photos are. She is much more
creative than I am, and when we come back from taking photos, it is
amazing how different our photos look.







Harry's keen eye picked up on your pedestrian work. Maybe he'll give you
some tips some time so that you can take fine snapshots like he does.

Harry likes bird photos. Remember his owls?

Don't forget WAFA's stump!

Jim wrote:

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote in message . ..
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:


Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!

She shot this with a 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.7 Converter. This was a
hand held shot and even with the telephoto with converter, it was
fairly sharp. That is the beauty of the VR feature. The fast lens
does a great job on the DOF and really makes a nice bokeh.

My wife and I see the world so completely different. When I took the
horse photos, I was amazed at the strength and beauty of the animals.
She is actually scared of horses, but what she saw was the sadness of
them being in their stalls.

Here is her photo submission of her horse photo. The photographer of
each photo is not revealed till after the competition, so no one knows
who took the photos. This was her digital submission, and when they
flashed the image on the screen, it touched a number of woman behind
us. Based upon those women's reaction, I thought this would have
gotten a ribbon.

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ots/InJail.jpg

It is amazing how different my wife's photos are. She is much more
creative than I am, and when we come back from taking photos, it is
amazing how different our photos look.







Harry's keen eye picked up on your pedestrian work. Maybe he'll give you
some tips some time so that you can take fine snapshots like he does.

The only photo Harry ever posted online that I really liked was an owl
photo taken in a Florida State Park.

I was really impressed by the sharpness, composition and exposure. It
looked like it was taken with a 500-600 mm pro lens. I was surprised
when I found the exact same photo in a professional wildlife
photographer's blog. I am not sure, but either the photographer stole
Harry's image or Harry stole his image. I know if I was Harry and a pro
stole my image I would have raised hell.

On Aug 2, 11:56*am, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:
Jim wrote:

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
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Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:

Very nice, I like the depth of field work on your wife's bird picture!

She shot this with a 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.7 Converter. *This was a
hand held shot and even with the telephoto with converter, it was
fairly sharp. * That is the beauty of the VR feature. *The fast lens
does a great job on the DOF and really makes a nice bokeh.

My wife and I see the world so completely different. *When I took the
horse photos, I was amazed at the strength and beauty of the animals.
She is actually scared of horses, but what she saw was the sadness of
them being in their stalls.

Here is her photo submission of her horse photo. *The photographer of
each photo is not revealed till after the competition, so no one knows
who took the photos. * This was her digital submission, and when they
flashed the image on the screen, it touched a number of woman behind
us. Based upon those women's reaction, I thought this would have
gotten a ribbon.

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n...ots/InJail.jpg

It is amazing how different my wife's photos are. *She is much more
creative than I am, and when we come back from taking photos, it is
amazing how different our photos look.

Harry's keen eye picked up on your pedestrian work. Maybe he'll give you
some tips some time so that you can take fine snapshots like he does.

The only photo Harry ever posted online that I really liked was an owl
photo taken in a Florida State Park.

I was really impressed by the sharpness, composition and exposure. *It
looked like it was taken with a 500-600 mm pro lens. * I was surprised
when I found the exact same photo in a professional wildlife
photographer's *blog. *I am not sure, but either the photographer stole
Harry's image or Harry stole his image. *I know if I was Harry and a pro
stole my image I would have raised hell.- Hide quoted text -

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I liked the picture of stumpy. Not the dead tree, but the stump little
finger in the picture of a postcard.. pfffft.